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							The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for protecting and promoting public 
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							vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics and veterinary products.</li><br/>
						<li> HITSP - Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel<br/>
							The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors. The Panel was formed for the 
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						<li> NIH - National Institutes of Health<br/>
							The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest biomedical research institution and an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible 
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						<li> NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology<br/>
							The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that assists in the needs of bioscience 
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							The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library and a center of information innovation since 1836.  It supports and conducts 
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							Network of Libraries of Medicine that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States.</li><br/>
						<li> ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT<br/>
							The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a division of Office of the secretary within the U.S. Department of Health 
							and Human Services. It is mainly in charge on coordination of nationwide effort in implementing and using health information technology and the electronic 
							exchange of health information. The position of National Coordinator was created in 2004, through an Executive Order, and legislatively mandated in the Health 
							Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009</li><br/>
						<li> VHA - Veterans Health Administration (Department of Veterans  Affairs)<br/>
							The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), a division of the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), has a function of implementing the medical 
							assistance program of VA through the administration and operation of numerous VA medical centers (VAMC), Outpatient Clinics (OPC), Community Based Outpatient 
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